“One man, one vote: A legal doctrine requiring that, from time to time, old gerrymanders be replaced with new ones. The object of this is the achievement of genuine democracy.”

— Poul Anderson , book There Will Be Time

Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 3 (p. 30)

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